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2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Der Film

Now that we've proudly provided you with our review of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, we now just as proudly present the following Jalopnik original production: Wheels of Desire, der film.

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12:00 PM on Fri May 23 2008
By Mark Arnold
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2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part Three

Why you should buy the 2009 Jetta SportWagen: You want a Euro wagon and don't have the stash for an Audi S4 Avant or the desire to stuff your friends in an A3. The question of how you're going to get all of this stuff back to your loft from Trader Joe's is a common one. Subaru? Nothanku. You are a keeper of the greatest of automotive secrets: wagons make the best cars.

Why you shouldn't buy this car: They're going to soon be selling this exact same car in a torquey turbodiesel and a zippy turbocharged gas version. You think of wagons as something your grandma drives. You do have a stash big enough for an Audi S4 Avant. You have no friends, you rent and everything you own could fit in a Del Sol.

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12:00 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,161 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: "Also consider" the one-up SportWagen SE (chrome window trim, much nicer radio faceplate, leatherette upholstery, steering wheel buttons, aluminum trim). This near-base model looks positively Camry LE cheap. more »

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2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part Two

Exterior Design:**
The lines that we like on the Golf GTI somehow fall short with the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen. The taillight assembly looks like it was tacked on to the design at the last minute and the grille looks more like the work of an overzealous orthodontist than what we picture when we think of VW. The car's best look is in profile, where the designers make a case for a wagon actually being sporty. Just park it sideways in your driveway.

Interior Design:***
All three stars on this one go for the space available in the hatch area, which is approximately 66.9 cubic feet with the seats folded forward, compared to just 16 cubic feet in the sedan. The rest of the interior is similar to most Volkswagen products, with slightly above average quality and a pleasant two-tone color scheme. The seats are comfortable and sufficiently bolstered, though covered in a soft material that I wouldn't put that much faith into holding up.

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12:30 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,211 views, 43 comments

Latest by Matt Hardigree: @charles_barrett: Ha, on the Clark side of the neighborhood. The Halsted side is Boys Town. You go to the former for bars and... well... you go to both for bars. But different kinds of bars. more »

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2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part One

The affluent neighborhood of Glencoe, Illinois is home to a curving street of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed houses reached by a single-access bridge also designed by Wright. The black 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen parked on said bridge couldn't be more incongruous to the surrounding Prairie School architecture, which is recognizable by the strong horizontal lines, flat roofs, horizontal bands of windows and lack of excess ornamentation. But whereas the previous generation of Volkswagen Jetta is a faithful execution of those principles, this latest version eschews those concepts for curvaceous "me too" styling that's more Toyota Corolla than Francis C. Sullivan and an unmistakable chrome grille that's more Paul Wall than Alfred Caldwell. And not for the better.

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12:00 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Matt Hardigree
6,006 views, 46 comments

Latest by n/a: I drove the mid range Jetta Sportwagen SE yesterday. It had the Tiptronic manumatic drive, 16" wheels, and the panoramic sunroof. (This after checking out but not driving the base Jetta Sportwagen S two days earlier.) For me, it was love at more »

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No Holden VE Sportwagon For U.S.: A Nation of Big Back End-Lovin' Auto Enthusiasts Mourn

We can hardly believe our eyes. We all were under the impression after the last set of rumors from Automotive News that we here in the U.S. would be seeing a Zeta-platformed wagon and ute sometime before the end of the decade. We'd even done our darndest trying to track down that rumor ourselves — first with Rick Wagoner at CES, then with Lutz himself at Detroit on Tuesday morning. Now, Australian auto media site GoAuto is reporting GM's main product man told them and other members of the media from down under the United States will not be seeing a Holden VE Sportwagon-based wagon. How could "Maximum" Bob Lutz leave us out in the cold like this? Here's how and why — straight from his "Maximum" mouth:
"We looked at that, but the amount of change to meet US regulations was going to be quite a lot of money...and the sad truth is, as much as some of us like 'sportwagons', they just don't sell in the US.
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8:20 AM on Thu Jan 17 2008
By Ray Wert
2,103 views, 103 comments

Latest by n/a: "sportwagons, they just don't sell in the US" Maybe if US made a good looking wagon like this this one! we don't want am el-Camino or another lame ass SSR looking vehicle more »

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Aussies Want To Send Holden Sportwagon to the States

It looks like GM's Holden brand is pushing to have its new VE Commodore Sportwagon shipped off to its cousins on the other side of the world. Built on the same rear-drive platform that underpins the Holden Commodore sedan — and soon-to-be Pontiac G8 — the Sportwagon actually has less cargo space than its predecessor, the VZ Commodore wagon. That, Holden execs say, will likely reduce its competitiveness among local fleet buyers. Thus, they're pitching GM on the car's export potential, saying Holden could make up for the loss in business sales by exporting something like 10,000 units. Imagine the Sportwagon wearing a Pontiac badge, they hint, and it could capture a segment of disaffected SUV buyers. Grand Safari, anyone? [GoAuto]

4:00 PM on Thu Oct 25 2007
By tingwall
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Latest by Roadster_Guy: I'm actually considering a G8 GT when my A4 lease is up in two years (yeah, I'm a car nut, I plan lease replacements two years in advance), but I tellya, I'd totally go for the wagon over the sedan more »